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<h2 id="copyfile">Copyfile</h2>
<h3><em><u>Deprecated</u></em></h3>
<p><em>This task has been <em>deprecated</em>.  Use the <code>Copy</code> task instead.</em></p>
<h3>Description</h3>
<p>Copies a file from the source to the destination. The file is only copied if the source file is
newer than the destination file, or when the destination file does not exist.</p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
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    <th scope="col">Attribute</th>
    <th scope="col">Description</th>
    <th scope="col">Required</th>
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    <td>src</td>
    <td>the filename of the file to copy.</td>
    <td>Yes</td>
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    <td>dest</td>
    <td>the filename of the file where to copy to.</td>
    <td>Yes</td>
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    <td>filtering</td>
    <td>indicates whether token filtering should take place during the copy</td>
    <td>No; default is <q>false</q></td>
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    <td>forceoverwrite</td>
    <td>overwrite existing files even if the destination files are newer.</td>
    <td>No; default is <q>false</q></td>
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<h3>Examples</h3>
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&lt;copyfile src=&quot;test.java&quot; dest=&quot;subdir/test.java&quot;/&gt;
&lt;copyfile src=&quot;${src}/index.html&quot; dest=&quot;${dist}/help/index.html&quot;/&gt;</pre>

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